"There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos"
Jim Hightower-TX writer-politician

I disagree with Hightower.

What you will find here is: a centrist's view of current events;
a collection of thoughts, arguments, and observations
that I have found appealing and/or amusing over the years;
and, if you choose, your civil contributions which will make it into a conversation.

He not busy bein' born, is busy dyin'. - Bob Dylan

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suggestion for US citizens: When a form asks for your race, write in: -- American

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

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"Once I was ready to burn The Satanic Verses. Now I know that (Rushdie's) right to publish it was a more sacred thing than any religion."

That is the last sentence in a piece by Ayaan Hirsi Ali called "Muslim Rage & The Last Gasp of Islamic Hate" in which she describes the cowardly abandonment of Freedom of Speech by the West in the face of the demand by some Muslims that their cultural imperative overrides ours.
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